NEWS

Police looking for missing 16-year-old girl

Foreigner.fi 09/Oct/2019

The police are requesting cooperation from the public in order to find Oona Ilvespakka, a 16-year-old girl who disappeared from Ylöjärvi (14 kilometers west from Tampere) on Thursday 3 October.…

NEWS

Two children seriously injured in a car fire in a Prisma parking lot

Foreigner.fi 09/Oct/2019

Two young children turned out injured by burns on Wednesday morning due to a car fire. The vehicle was in a parking lot of the Prisma supermarket in the city of Kuopio (Eastern Finland) and…

WORK & STUDY

13,200 students may lose financial aid for not getting enough credits

Foreigner.fi 08/Oct/2019

Finland is a generous country with its university students and provides them with scholarships and grants as long as they fulfill their mission. To make sure that is the case, the Social Security…

TOURISM

EU tourism experts to discuss digital transformation in Helsinki

Foreigner.fi 08/Oct/2019

The European Tourism Forum will gather in Helsinki on 9-10 October to discuss how digital transformation can be harnessed to create sustainable growth in the EU’s tourism sector. In this 18th…

NEWS

Rinne will attend the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik

Foreigner.fi 08/Oct/2019

On Thursday 10 October, Prime Minister Antti Rinne will attend the Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland. Prime Minister Rinne will deliver the opening address of the event, together with the…

NEWS

Two men arrested for the killing of a 20-year-old woman in Pietarsaari

Foreigner.fi 07/Oct/2019

Police arrested two men suspected of being involved in an incident on Sunday that ended with one young woman killed in Pietarsaari (Ostrobothnia, north west Finland). According to police…

WORK & STUDY

Dark clouds ahead economy: growth and job creation slowing down

Foreigner.fi 07/Oct/2019

Bad news for the Finnish economy. The Ministry of Finance has just published its short-term outlook, which forecasts a slowdown in growth and job creation, as well as an increase in public spending,…

NEWS

EU seeks volunteer member states to receive asylum seekers rescued from the Mediterranean

Foreigner.fi 06/Oct/2019

Finnish Minister of the Interior Maria Ohisalo will travel to Luxembourg on 10 October to attend the meeting of Justice and Home Affairs Council. On the agenda there is a general overview on…

WORK & STUDY

Finland: 40 years of subsidized meals for higher education students

Foreigner.fi 04/Oct/2019

Finland is proud to be one of the few countries in the world that offers a free hot meal every day to all school-age children. The country makes a tremendous effort, which aims to ensure that…

LIFESTYLE

3 Netflix Finland series that are worth a marathon this fall

Foreigner.fi 04/Oct/2019

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NEWS

Police searching for suspect of attempted homicide in Helsinki

Foreigner.fi 04/Oct/2019

The police published today the name and identity of a man who is wanted for being suspected of an attempted homicide. According to a press release published by Helsinki Police Department, the…

BUSINESS & TECH

Number of new passenger cars registered grew for first time in 2019

Foreigner.fi 04/Oct/2019

According to Statistics Finland's data, in September 2019 the number of new passenger cars registered was 8,436, which was 29.1% from the year before. This is the first time that the…